Sulaimanisaurus
Sulaimanisaurus was a huge, long-necked plant-eater that lived in what is now Pakistan. It munched on leaves and ferns with its peg-like teeth. This dinosaur was one of the last giant sauropods on Earth before the big extinction.1
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Sulaimanisaurus lived about 72 to 66 million years ago, during the Maastrichtian stage.1
Its fossils were found in the Vitakri Formation in Pakistan, a place that was once a river floodplain.1
This dinosaur is known from tail bones that are long and squarish in shape.1
Sulaimanisaurus was a titanosaur, a group of huge sauropods with wide hips.1
It was named by Pakistani paleontologist M. Sadiq Malkani in 2004.1
Sulaimanisaurus was a ground-dwelling dinosaur that walked on four sturdy legs.1
Like other sauropods, it laid eggs (oviparous).1
Most asked questions about Sulaimanisaurus
?How big was Sulaimanisaurus?
Nobody knows for sure because only a few tail bones have been found. Based on those remains, it was a large titanosaur, but scientists have not estimated its exact length or weight.23
?What did Sulaimanisaurus eat?
It was a herbivore, or plant-eater. It munched on leaves and ferns, like other long-necked sauropods.23
?When did Sulaimanisaurus live?
It lived during the Late Cretaceous Period, about 72 to 66 million years ago, in the Maastrichtian stage.24
?Where was Sulaimanisaurus found?
Its fossils were found in Balochistan, Pakistan, in the Vitakri Member of the Pab Formation.23
?Is Sulaimanisaurus a dinosaur?
Yes, it is a dinosaur. It is a titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Pakistan.24
?Who named Sulaimanisaurus?
It was named by Pakistani paleontologist M. Sadiq Malkani in 2004. The name means 'Sulaiman lizard' after the Sulaiman foldbelt in Pakistan.23
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- Scientific name
- Sulaimanisaurus
- Named by
- Malkani 20044
- Group
- Long-necks
- Family / clade
- Pakisauridae4
- Classification
- Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Titanosauria > Macronaria4
- Age of the rocks
- 72 to 66 million years (Maastrichtian)4
- Rock formations
- Vitakri4
- Countries
- Pakistan4
- Fossil records
- 6 in the Paleobiology Database4
- Discovery
- Sulaimanisaurus was named by M. Sadiq Malkani in 2004 based on fossils found in the Vitakri Formation of Balochistan, Pakistan.11
- Still debated
- Scientists are not sure exactly how big Sulaimanisaurus was, because only a few bones have been found.1
Where the facts come from
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- SULAIMANISAURUS - DinoChecker dinosaur archive (dinochecker.com)
- Sulaimanisaurus (prehistoric-wildlife.com)
- Sulaimanisaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.
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